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Santana, Marco Aurélio, and Ricardo Medeiros Pimenta. "Public History and Militant Identities: Brazilian Unions and the Quest for Memory." International Labor and Working-Class History 76, no. 1 (2009): 65–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0147547909990093.
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AbstractThe aim of this paper is to analyze how Brazilian trade unions are using social memory as a tool to build up workers' collective identities, in an attempt to fight the fragmentation resulting from the impact of the industrial restructuring of the 1990s. We will draw upon two ongoing programs conducted by the ABC Metal Workers Union (SMABC) and the Oil Workers Union of Brazil's state oil company Petrobras (Sindipetro). The SMABC and Sindipetro have recently been addressing the issue of workers memory with social and public projects. These projects are building up memories, which in spite of being institution-based are also collective, framed by the unions through the use of new types of communication and electronic media.
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Mose, Jared Isaboke. "Drivers of Labour Productivity in Flower Farms in Naivasha, Kenya." Sustainable Agriculture Research 6, no. 4 (October 8, 2017): 117. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/sar.v6n4p117.
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Although Kenya is the most successful producer and exporter of fresh produce and flowers in sub-Saharan Africa, other countries both in Africa and elsewhere, offer strong competition that could erode export market share in future. Increased labor productivity is crucial for Kenya’s competitiveness. This study aimed at examining the key drivers of labour productivity in flower farms in Naivasha, Kenya. Descriptive survey design was employed and stratified proportionate random sampling technique used to select 381 respondents from who data was collected using a questionnaire. A log-linearized Cobb-Douglas model was used examine determinants of labour productivity. The results showed that workers’ participation in Labor unions, Information & Communication Technology and workers’ skills acquired through training were the major factors that determined labour productivity by 35.4 percent, 19 percent and 14.7 percent respectively. While worker’s wage increase and tools used by a worker influenced labour productivity by 9 percent and 11.4 percent respectively. Worker’s level of education and worker’s experience also increased labour productivity by 5.1 percent and 4 percent respectively. The study recommends that; the Kenyan government should give special attention to education to produce skilled and innovative workers. Flower Farms should invest more in training of workers to acquire relevant skills, acquisition of appropriate tools; improve ICT infrastructure and support labor union in the flower farms.
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Green, Francis, and Steven McIntosh. "Union Power, Cost of Job Loss, and Workers' Effort." ILR Review 51, no. 3 (April 1998): 363–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001979399805100301.
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The authors hypothesize that the effectiveness of external threats in raising workers' effort is mediated by, among other labor market conditions, the presence or absence of a powerful union. In particular, they argue that because powerful unions reduce the potency of the external threat of job loss (by making it more difficult for employers to dismiss workers), the pace of work is less responsive to such a threat in strongly unionized plants than in weakly unionized plants. The results of an analysis of data from the 1990 Workplace Industrial Relations Survey in Britain support this hypothesis. The analysis also yields evidence that effort is increased where workers are rewarded individually according to results, and where there are various communication channels between workers and management.
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Hirsch, Barry T., David A. MacPherson, and J. Michael Dumond. "Workers#x0027; Compensation Recipiency in Union and Nonunion Workplaces." ILR Review 50, no. 2 (January 1997): 213–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001979399705000202.
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This study estimates union effects on workers' compensation indemnity claims in 1977–92, based on individual panel data constructed from the March Current Population Survey. Union members were substantially more likely to receive workers' compensation benefits than were similar nonunion workers, and they were more sensitive to variation in benefit levels and waiting periods. The authors suggest that differences in union, as compared to nonunion, workplaces arise because workers are provided with information from their union representatives, supervisors are more likely to inform injured workers about workers' compensation filing procedures and less likely to discourage workers from filing claims, workers are less likely to fear being penalized for filing claims, and management has less discretion and ability to monitor workers and penalize them for questionable claims. The findings suggest that communication of relevant information to workers is an important determinant of workers' compensation recipiency.
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Mongeau, S., N. Lightfoot, L. MacEwan, and T. Eger. "Union, employer and compensation system gaps and failures: Workers with injuries perceptions." Work 69, no. 2 (June 24, 2021): 485–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/wor-213493.
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BACKGROUND: Workers who suffered a workplace injury and submitted a claim with the compensation board in Ontario often faced economic and non-economic costs that provoked depressive feelings, family strain, financial strain, and feelings of diminished self-worth. OBJECTIVE: This qualitative descriptive study aimed to understand the perceived gaps and failures associated with the support systems (e.g., union, compensation and employer) that were in place to assist some male underground workers in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, who had suffered a workplace injury and had a compensation claim. METHODS: Twelve in-depth, in-person, individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted and data were transcribed verbatim and anonymized at the time of transcription. Data analysis followed Braun and Clarke’s guidelines for thematic analysis. RESULTS: Themes that emerged include: unfair and inadequate recognition of an injury; limited communication with stakeholders involved with their claim, including claim adjudicators, challenges when returning to work, and compensation claim system barriers. CONCLUSIONS: Cooperation, collaboration, knowledge transfer, and decreased power imbalances could help to reduce the economic and non-economic strain felt by a worker with an injury. Additionally, a government-funded third-party advocate who knows the medical system, union contracts, the workers’ compensation system, and employer policies and practices could act on behalf of an injured worker.
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Cass, Philip. "REVIEW: Scottish workers’ act of solidarity in Chile struggle." Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa 25, no. 1&2 (July 31, 2019): 301–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v25i1and2.500.
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Nae Pasaran. Documentary directed by Felipe Bustos Sierra. BBC Scotland/Conejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes/Creative Scotland. 2018. 96 minutes.IN 1973, the Chilean military, with the encouragement of US President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the collusion of the CIA, overthrew the democratically elected socialist government of Salvador Allende.In the years that followed, tens of thousands of people were murdered, detained and tortured by the regime, which became increasingly brutal in its repression of opposition. Hundreds of Chileans fled broad, aided and abetted by foreign governments, trades union and church organisations.
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AUERBACH, S. "LAW OF INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT: The Post Office v. The Union of Communication Workers." Industrial Law Journal 19, no. 2 (June 1, 1990): 120–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ilj/19.2.120.
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Caputo, Paolo, Antonino Campenni, and Elisabetta Della Corte. "Fiat Auto: Industrial Relations Lost in Globalisation." tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society 10, no. 2 (August 20, 2012): 672–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.31269/triplec.v10i2.413.
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In the actual context of globalization, carmakers face a highly competitive market. The pace of technological innovation, the increase in international competition, the saturation of markets and the shortening of product lifespan are but some of the factors requiring a new organization of production. In order to face these radical changes, carmakers are implementing new strategies, not only by embracing the concept of globalization, but also by promoting changes in labour management practices, work organization and industrial relations. The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of Fiat’s new managerial strategies in response to increased global competition on the situation of the industrial relations, on the role of the Unions and on the condition of workers. These strategies include an intensification of work, shift and wage flexibility, plus a severe limitations of workers’ rights (including the right to strike). On the one hand, such a strategy was presented and justified to the workers and the public as an objective necessity of global economy, and was even submitted to a referendum; on the other, the process was conducted unilaterally, under the recurring threat of transferring production abroad if the workers and their Unions refused to accept the new method. This brought to a split of the Unions and dialogue was maintained only with collaborative organisations, causing the discrimination of the other Unions and a situation of great dissatisfaction amongst all the workers. Through the words of workers and Union activists, the research showed evidence of the failure of claims that new management strategy can ensure both productivity and a new form of workplace democracy in the post-fordist factory. Despite new labour-saving technologies, lean production organisation and the adoption of new metric systems (such as Ergo-UAS), car industry would need, more than in the past, the involvement and active participation of Unions and workers. On the contrary, the paper points out how Fiat’s actual form of production organization generates new tensions and increases employee’s discontent, likely to ignite industrial conflict.
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Fiorito, Jack, Daniel G. Gallagher, and Cynthia V. Fukami. "Satisfaction with Union Representation." ILR Review 41, no. 2 (January 1988): 294–307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001979398804100210.
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This study develops and empirically tests a model of satisfaction with union representation using national data from the 1977 Quality of Employment Survey. Overall union satisfaction is specified as a function of union members' expectations concerning union efforts and the perceived outcomes of union performance on (1) bread and butter issues (such as wages and benefits), (2) quality of work issues (such as job interest and workers' voice in the employing organization), and (3) member-union relations (such as the quality of communication between union leaders and members). The results indicate that internal member-union relations and bread and butter issues are much more important than QWL issues in determining members' satisfaction with their union. The determinants of expectations and perceived outcomes are also briefly considered.
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Melling, Joseph. "Leading the White-Collar Union: Clive Jenkins, the Management of Trade-Union Officers, and the Politics of the British Labour Movement, c.1968–1979." International Review of Social History 49, no. 1 (April 2004): 71–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0020859003001378.
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The growth of white-collar unionism and its impact on British trade unions in the postwar period has received little attention from social historians. Radical critics have noted the failure of Clive Jenkins to provide a clear lead in defending workers' conditions, while mainstream, institutionalist commentators more often stress the diversity of specific interests served by such unions. Recent research has called into question earlier models of union governance, though there remain few studies of the history of officer relations within trade unions. This article examines the leadership of ASTMS in the decade after its formation. It is argued that the strategies pursued by Jenkins, including the recruitment, training, and deployment of fieldworkers, were guided by accumulated knowledge and culture (as well as brilliant opportunism) rather than by the structure of the union or the composition of the membership. In offering educated officers a career structure, ASTMS increased its capacity for expertise and effective communication without descending into the political sectarianism of the postwar years. The charismatic, capricious style adopted by Jenkins, as well as the difficulties of absorbing a diverse membership in this period of rapid growth, contributed to the tensions which culminated in a series of struggles between the union and its bargainers during the 1970s.
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Nugraha, Ellyna Putri, and Hollyness Singadimedja. "ASPEK HUKUM HUBUNGAN INDUSTRIAL TERKAIT AKSI MOGOK KERJA OLEH SERIKAT PEKERJA DI PT. ULTRAJAYA MILK INDUSTRY & TRADING COMPANY." Jurnal Poros Hukum Padjadjaran 2, no. 1 (November 30, 2020): 56–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.23920/jphp.v2i1.262.
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ABSTRAKKondisi hubungan industrial ideal mempunyai beberapa faktor pendukung salah satunya komunikasi yang baik antar para pelaku seperti pemberi kerja, pekerja juga pemerintah agar terhindar dari hal – hal yang tidak diinginkan seperti aksi mogok kerja. Tujuannya untuk membangun dan memupuk hubungan industrial yang kondusif, harmonis, dan berkeadilan di lingkungan kerja. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode pendekatan yuridis normatif dengan spesifikasi penelitian deskriptif analitis yaitu menggambarkan peraturan perundang-undangan yang berlaku dikaitkan dengan teori-teori hukum dan praktek pelaksaan hukum positif yang menyangkut permasalahan. Masalah pertama yaitu bagaimana aspek hukum hubungan industrial dalam penyelesaian sengketa terkait aksi mogok kerja di Indonesia, kedua bagaimana penyelesaian perselisihan hubungan industrial antara PT. Ultrajaya Milk Industry & Trading Company dengan PUK SP RTMM-SPSI (Pimpinan Unit Kerja “Serikat Pekerja” Rokok Tembakau Makanan dan Minuman Serikat Pekerja Seluruh Indonesia) PT. Ultrajaya Milk Industry & Trading Company. Akibat tindakan pekerja melakukan mogok kerja tidak sah, Peradilan memutuskan Serikat Pekerja dan Pengurus Serikat Pekerja telah melakukan Perbuatan Melawan Hukum dan PT. Ultrajaya Milk Industry & Trading Company tidak mendapatkan pertanggungjawaban ganti kerugian sebesar kurang lebih Sembilan belas miliyar seperti yang dimintakan dalam gugatannya. Kata Kunci: hubungan industrial; sengketa hubungan industrial; mogok kerja.ABSTRACTThe ideal industrial relations condition has several supporting factors, one of which is good communication between actors such as employers, workers and the government in order to avoid unwanted things such as strikes. The goal is to build and foster industrial relations that are conducive, harmonious and just in the work environment. This study uses a normative juridical approach with analytical descriptive research specifications, namely describing the applicable laws and regulations associated with legal theories and positive law enforcement practices concerning the problem. The first problem, namely how the legal aspects of industrial relations in resolving disputes related to strike action in Indonesia, second, how to resolve industrial relations disputes between PT. Ultrajaya Milk Industry & Trading Company with PUK SP RTMM-SPSI (Head of Work Unit "Worker Union" Tobacco, Food and Beverage, All Indonesian Workers Union) PT. Ultrajaya Milk Industry & Trading Company. As a result of the workers' actions in carrying out illegal strikes, the court decided that the workers' union and workers' union officials had committed illegal acts and PT. Ultrajaya Milk Industry & Trading Company is not liable for compensation of approximately nineteen billion as requested in the lawsuit.Keywords: industrial relations; industrial relations dispute settlement; strike.
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Klimzov, A. G., E. D. Shalkayev, and R. N. Lemeshkin. "Centenary on the protection of the health of military communication workers." Bulletin of the Russian Military Medical Academy 22, no. 1 (December 15, 2020): 273–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.17816/brmma26006.
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The main historical dates of formation and formation of the system of preservation and improvement of health of military personnel from among students (cadets and listeners) and permanent staff (faculty and supporting) of the Military Telecommunications Academy named after the Soviet Union Marshal Budienny S. M. for 100 years are presented. The place and role of the medical service of the Military Telecommunications Academy in the training of military liaison officers are covered. A historical report on the formation of a system of training of military specialists and their health protection is presented. The medical service of the Military Telecommunications Academy, as a structural unit, began operations in 1932. During the ninety-year period of work, the medical service of the Military Telecommunications Academy has gone through a difficult and long path of its formation and development. It was served and employed by various specialists who left significant contributions to the maintenance and preservation of the health of all categories of students and faculty. Today’s days of medical service of the Military Telecommunications Academy are the prevention of the most significant diseases for military personnel, in particular respiratory organs and cardiovascular system. The management of the Academy constantly interacts with the S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, 442 Military clinical hospital of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as well as in its branches and structural subdivisions. The level of morbidity, hospitalization and labour loss of military personnel of the Military Telecommunications Academy remains quite low. This is facilitated by the good equipment of the functional offices of the medical clinic and the polyclinic of the Academy, where surgical (outpatient), therapeutic, gynaecological and dental care is provided to various contingents of persons entitled by law to receive free medical care.
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Birk, Karin, Ljubisa Padjen, and Mirko Markic. "Adverse event reporting in Slovenia - the influence of safety culture, supervisors and communication." Vojnosanitetski pregled 73, no. 8 (2016): 714–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/vsp141231137b.
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Background/Aim. The provision of safe healthcare is considered a priority in European Union (EU) member states. Along with other preventative measures in healthcare, the EU also strives to eliminate the ?causes of harm to human health?. The aim of this survey was to determine whether safety culture, supervisors and communication between co-workers influence the number of adverse event reports submitted to the heads of clinical departments and to the management of an institution. Methods. This survey is based on cross-sectional analysis. It was carried out in the largest Slovenian university hospital. We received 235 completed questionnaires. Respondents included professionals in the fields of nursingcare, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and radiological technology. Results. Safety culture influences the number of adverse event reports submitted to the head of a clinical department from the organizational point of view. Supervisors and communication between co-workers do not influence the number of adverse event reports. Conclusion. It can be concluded that neither supervisors nor the level of communication between co-workers influence the frequency of adverse event reporting, while safety culture does influence it from an organizational point of view. The presumed factors only partly influence the number of submitted adverse event reports, thus other causes of under-reporting must be sought elsewhere.
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Alliance, The Blue Green. "Climate Policy Statement." NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 19, no. 2 (July 16, 2009): 119–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/ns.19.2.d.
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The four labor unions and two environmental organizations that comprise the Blue Green Alliance worked intensively during the fall of 2008 and winter of 2009 to craft a joint statement on comprehensive climate change policy. The United Steelworkers, Sierra Club, Communications Workers of America, Natural Resources Defense Council, Laborers International Union of North America, and Service Employees International Union together released a policy statement on climate change and energy in late March. The goal of this undertaking is to articulate a framework by which the United States can rapidly put millions of Americans back to work building a clean-energy economy and reducing global warming emissions to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
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Rosner, David, and Gerald Markowitz. "Hospitals, Insurance, and the American Labor Movement: The Case of New York in the Postwar Decades." Journal of Policy History 9, no. 1 (January 1997): 74–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0898030600005832.
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In the summer of 1989, an extended strike by the various “Baby Bell” telephone companies, including those of New York, Massachusetts, California, and thirteen other states in the Northeast, Midwest, and West Coast, brought to public attention the importance of health and hospital insurance to the nation's workers. In what theLos Angeles Timesheadline proclaimed was a “Phone Strike Centered on the Issue of Health Care,” workers at NYNEX, Pacific Bell, and Bell Atlantic went out on strike over management's insistence that the unions pay a greater portion of their hospital insurance premiums. In contrast to their willingness to grant wage concessions throughout most of the 1980s, the unions and their membership struck to protect what was once considered a “fringe” benefit of union membership. What had been a trivial cost to companies in the 1940s and 1950s had risen to 7.9 percent of payroll in 1984 and 13.6 percent by 1989. Unable to control the industry that had formed around hospitals, doctors, drug companies, and insurance, portions of the labor movement redefined its central mission: the fringes of the previous forty years were now central concerns. In the words of one local president engaged in the bitter communication workers strike: “‘It took us 40 years of collective bargaining’ to reach a contract in which the employer contributed [substantially to] the costs of health care, ‘and now they want to go in one fell swoop backward.’”
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Gougoulakis, Petros. "Popular Adult and Labor Education Movement in Sweden—History, Content, Pedagogy." International Labor and Working-Class History 90 (2016): 12–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0147547916000235.
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AbstractIn Sweden, workers’ education—Arbetarbildning—is part of the all-embracing popular adult education movement that assumed its organizational consolidation in the late 1800s. Popular education—Folkbildning—is a culturally determined practice of social communication with roots in the Reformation and the Enlightenment, playing a decisive role in the shaping of the Swedish labor movement in the late 1800s, the history of which is intertwined with democratization and the transformation of Sweden into a highly developed welfare society. The pedagogical and ideological configuration of labor education in Sweden is surveyed from a historical perspective through the lenses of the Workers’ Educational Association (ABF) and the labor movement's most powerful branches: the Social Democratic Party (SAP) and the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO). Workers’ education was utilized as a political strategy for a just and equitable society, via successive reforms, based on knowledge and initiated and supported by well-informed citizens.
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Brophy, James T., Margaret M. Keith, and Michael Hurley. "Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff." NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 27, no. 4 (September 12, 2017): 581–606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1048291117732301.
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Healthcare workers regularly face the risk of violent physical, sexual, and verbal assault from their patients. To explore this phenomenon, a collaborative descriptive qualitative study was undertaken by university-affiliated researchers and a union council representing registered practical nurses, personal support workers, and other healthcare staff in Ontario, Canada. A total of fifty-four healthcare workers from diverse communities were consulted about their experiences and ideas. They described violence-related physical, psychological, interpersonal, and financial effects. They put forward such ideas for prevention strategies as increased staffing, enhanced security, personal alarms, building design changes, “zero tolerance” policies, simplified reporting, using the criminal justice system, better training, and flagging. They reported such barriers to eliminating risks as the normalization of violence; underreporting; lack of respect from patients, visitors, higher status professionals, and supervisors; poor communication; and the threat of reprisal for speaking publicly. Inadequate postincident psychological and financial support compounded their distress.
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Adikaram, Arosha S. "Giving Knowledge Workers a Voice through Joint Consultative Councils." South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management 3, no. 2 (July 24, 2016): 154–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2322093716642884.
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This case study aims to outline and explore the implementation of a Joint Consultative Council (JCC) and the related outcomes, challenges and issues faced by an information technology (IT) company in Sri Lanka. Implementation of JCC in the company as a form of employee voice was a result of a planned intervention of the new Human Resources (HR) team of the company, with the intentions of increasing employee involvement, commitment, employee relations and most importantly, communication. At the initial sessions of the council ‘tea, towels and toilets’ issues were mainly discussed and an apparent gulf between the management and the employee representatives was apparent. While the council has given some form of voice to employees, it was clearly a ‘voice without muscle’, devoid of any significant joint decision making. After recouping the process to enhance joint decision-making and communication, the proceeding JCC regained the trust and enthusiasm of employees and management. There is a possibility of continuation and subsequent institutionalization of the JCC in the company. However, the process needs more time to establish itself effectively in the company with increased trust between parties. This case study provides practical insights into the creation of a JCC as a form of Non-union Employee Representation (NER) for knowledge workers, addressing a lacuna in knowledge on the practical implementation of JCC, as well as the practice of JCCs among different categories of workers such as knowledge workers. Insights drawn from the case can be used as learning points in creating successful JCCs in organizations.
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Walters, David, Richard Johnstone, Michael Quinlan, and Emma Wadsworth. "Safeguarding Workers: A Study of Health and Safety Representatives in the Queensland Coalmining Industry, 1990-2013." Articles 71, no. 3 (October 19, 2016): 418–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1037659ar.
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This paper explores the practice of worker representation coalmining in Australia, in which there are both serious risks to health and safety and where regulatory provisions on worker representation on health and safety are longstanding. Despite their longevity, their operation has been little studied. The aim of the paper is to address this gap by examining the quality of the practice of worker representation in the sector. In particular, it explores strategies used by representatives to undertake their role in the context of the hostile industrial relations that are characteristic of coalmining. It examines documentary records of statutory inspections by worker representatives and government mines inspectors and analyses the content of qualitative interviews. It finds that the representatives address serious and potentially fatal risks in their activities and make effective use of their statutory powers in doing so, including their power to suspend operations they deem to be unacceptably dangerous. Nevertheless, they strive to operate within the boundaries of regulation in order to offset the negative influences of a hostile labour relations climate, As well as cautious use of their powers to order the cessation of operations where they deem the risks to be unacceptable, they also avoid accusations of unnecessarily impeding production and engaging with labour relations matters that are outside their statutory remit, through good communication between themselves and other workplace representatives. This is made possible by support from the relatively high level of workplace trade union organization present in the mines and further support derived from the trade union more widely and from the unique two-tier form of representation provided for by legislation. Both ensure the representatives are well informed, well trained and supported in their role. Overall, the study highlights the positive role representatives and unions play in preventive health and safety even in hostile labour relations climates.
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May, Matthew S. "Hobo Orator Union: Class Composition and the Spokane Free Speech Fight of the Industrial Workers of the World." Quarterly Journal of Speech 97, no. 2 (May 2011): 155–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00335630.2011.560177.
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Lee, Kwang-Suk. "Interrogating ‘Digital Korea’: Mobile Phone Tracking and the Spatial Expansion of Labour Control." Media International Australia 141, no. 1 (November 2011): 107–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878x1114100113.
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This study investigates the realistic conditions of ‘digital Korea’, especially as they are exemplified by the Samsung SDI scandal in South Korea. Samsung SDI, the world's largest plasma TV maker and a subsidiary of the Samsung Group, has fallen under suspicion due to using illegally cloned mobile phones to track the location data of some activist workers who tried to organise a union. The study stresses that this example of mobile tracking represents the shady side of mobile phone use created by management's excessive desire for labour control, and confirms that mobile tracking techniques make possible the spatial expansion of the scope of power. The spatial vocabulary of power is not totalitarian, but dispersed and nomadic in action, and resides in the space of ‘flows’ constructed by electronic impulses. This study discloses that, for private corporations, mobile tracking facilitates a form of efficient, invisible labour control over ‘targeted’ workers, even outside the workplace. It concludes that the control of labourers in Korea has been reinforced by the confluence of business interests, the under-developed political system and a societal lack of interest in privacy.
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Prasad, Revati. "An Organized Work Force is Part of Growing Up: Gawker and the Case for Unionizing Digital Newsrooms." Communication, Culture and Critique 12, no. 3 (March 26, 2019): 359–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcz008.
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Abstract In June 2015 Gawker Media became the first for-profit digital news organization to unionize its editorial workforce. True to their bombastic style, they did so publicly, publishing a post where staff commented on how they were going to vote regarding the union and why. This article examines the ensuing discussion to understand how this group of culture workers perceived their labor, and the value they sought not just from collective bargaining, but from doing so publicly. Gawker’s unionization was aimed not exclusively at Gawker, but spoke to a vision for the entire sector. Gawker staff were motivated to collective action by the precarity that besets digital media, while the publicness of the effort was aimed at their peer organizations. The public performance of unionism at Gawker may signal a shift in the discourse around collective bargaining among young creative workers as more digital outlets come to organize their workforce.
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Keele, Sophie M., Kathryn Treuer, and Vanessa L. Sturre. "Implementing a Suitable Jobs Register in the Construction Industry: Preliminary Evidence." Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling 17, no. 1 (June 1, 2011): 15–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/jrc.17.1.15.
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AbstractThis pilot study investigated the efficacy of a job register index to support return to work (RTW) for injured workers in the construction industry. Participants included injured workers (n = 22), supervisors/managers (n = 23), treating practitioners (n = 5), occupational rehabilitation consultants (n = 5), union representatives/occupational health and safety representatives (n = 5), RTW coordinators (n = 2), steering committee members (n = 4) and the designated project officer (n = 1). A pre–post test intact group design was used to evaluate the perceived utility of the job register. A partial set of the sample including injured workers and supervisors/managers participated in the pretrial phase (n = 28) while the trial phase included more numerous stakeholder groups to assess the perceived utility of the register (n = 39). Participants completed surveys that incorporated a number of differing sections including injury description and circumstances, communication and collaboration with others, their overall opinion of the return to work process in general and suggestions for future improvements. Additional questions were designed for those participating in the trial with regards to the efficacy of the register. Data were analysed using analysis of variance procedures with pairwise comparisons of pre–post intervention test means. Alternative job options were seen to be offered more frequently. Communication and cooperation improved postimplementation. Supervisors perceived the job register a useful innovation to facilitate RTW. The register represents a new resource to the construction industry with potential for wider application following further study.
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Marks, Abigail, Shiona Chillas, Laura Galloway, and Gavin Maclean. "Confusion and collectivism in the ICT sector: Is FLOSS the answer?" Economic and Industrial Democracy 41, no. 1 (March 13, 2017): 167–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143831x17695441.
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Information and communication technology (ICT) workers rarely join trade unions. This is usually explained by the individualized nature of work. This article examines broader forms of collectivism for these workers, drawing on survey and interview data. The focus is on social class, attitudes towards unions and professional bodies and participation in the broader ICT community – specifically Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS). The findings reveal absence of formal collective frames of reference or organization, yet the creativity, autonomy and initiative central to the identity of ICT workers may offer opportunities for collectivization particularly with regard to participation in FLOSS communities.
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Del Gandio, Jason. "Soapbox Rebellion: The Hobo Orator Union and the Free Speech Fights of the Industrial Workers of the World, 1909–1916." First Amendment Studies 48, no. 1 (January 2, 2014): 77–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21689725.2014.888862.
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McNicholas, Anthony. "Aunty and Her Little Villains: The BBC and the Unions, 1969-1984." tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society 11, no. 2 (September 23, 2013): 444–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.31269/triplec.v11i2.483.
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This article charts industrial relations in BBC television from 1969-84. It is based upon extensive archival research of material not previously available, and witness seminars and interviews with some of the protagonists. This was a period which saw a rise in industrial militancy at the BBC, signalled by the first ‘lightning’ strikes in the BBC’s history in 1969 and ending with a strike in the scenic services department in 1984, in the course of which BBC TV went off the air for twenty four hours but BBC management reasserted its control. In the intervening period, some groups of workers were able to secure advantageous terms and conditions for themselves, to the frustration of both management and the main BBC union, the Association of Broadcasting Staff (ABS). This article offers a detailed and nuanced analysis of industrial relations at an important British cultural institution in a turbulent period of its history.
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McNicholas, Anthony. "Aunty and Her Little Villains: The BBC and the Unions, 1969-1984." tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society 11, no. 2 (September 23, 2013): 444–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.31269/vol11iss2pp444-460.
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This article charts industrial relations in BBC television from 1969-84. It is based upon extensive archival research of material not previously available, and witness seminars and interviews with some of the protagonists. This was a period which saw a rise in industrial militancy at the BBC, signalled by the first ‘lightning’ strikes in the BBC’s history in 1969 and ending with a strike in the scenic services department in 1984, in the course of which BBC TV went off the air for twenty four hours but BBC management reasserted its control. In the intervening period, some groups of workers were able to secure advantageous terms and conditions for themselves, to the frustration of both management and the main BBC union, the Association of Broadcasting Staff (ABS). This article offers a detailed and nuanced analysis of industrial relations at an important British cultural institution in a turbulent period of its history.
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Sauer, Beverly A. "Revisioning Sixteenth Century Solutions to Twentieth Century Problems in Herbert Hoover's Translation of Agricola's De Re Metallica." Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 23, no. 3 (July 1993): 269–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/a74f-jd7q-m01j-b6nr.
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This article analyzes Herbert C. Hoover's translation of the De Re Metallica (1956) in the context of the 1922 Mine Strikes. The De Re Metallica combines practical instruction in mining techniques with a philosophical justification of the practice of mining. In Book I of the De Re Metallica, Agricola consciously constructs a rationalized science of metallurgy and mineralogy to enable expert miners to profit in a risky enterprise. Analysis of the text thus reveals that Hoover's interest in Agricola's “intellectual achievements” may have been more than technical. The economical and political assumptions that drive Agricola's arguments—justification of mining as a profit-making enterprise, his notions that accidents occur because workers are careless, and his rhetorical use of the notion of scientific expertise—framed many of the early twentieth century debates between mine operators and union organizers. In revisioning Agricola's arguments in the context of Hoover's own Principles of Mining and his statements in the 1922 Mine Crisis, this article demonstrates how technical documents reflect the political ideologies of their writers and how political arguments presented as purely technical debates shape the uses and construction of future technologies.
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Martínez Lucio, Miguel, Stephen Mustchin, Stefania Marino, Debra Howcroft, and Holly Smith. "New technology, trade unions and the future: not quite the end of organised labour." Revista Española de Sociología 30, no. 3 (July 1, 2021): a68. http://dx.doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2021.68.
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This paper outlines different dimensions and historical features of the debate regarding worker organisations and the question of new technology at work. There has always been a tension between pessimistic views that highlight the difficulties established trade unions have had when responding to the use of new technologies by employers. However, there are a range of developments that suggest that trade unions and, also, broader networks of workers are responding to the introduction of new technology in terms of their use of regulation through the courts, for example, and innovative forms of bargaining as well as new forms of mobilisation, new forms of worker organisation, and innovative forms of communication. What is more, there are alternative legacies highlighting that worker responses to technological change is more complex and innovative although how these have evolved is another matter.
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Mutatović, Šaban, Nina Paunović, and Miodrag Šmelcerović. "MANAGEMENT FUNCTION OF SUPPRESING MOBBING." Knowledge International Journal 34, no. 5 (October 4, 2019): 1545–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.35120/kij34051545m.
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This paper deals with emotional and physical abuse by co-workers or subordinates, as well as negative effects it might have on the personnel and the company performance. We also want to emphasise the role of management in its eliminating and suppressing. The first part explains the terms and the ideas of management and mobbing, including the functions and different levels of management, as well as different kinds of mobbing. The second part deals with the impact mobbing has on workers and business activities, the responsibility of management on suppressing physical and psychical abuse at workplace as well as creating positive working environment. n the last twenty years, workplace abuse has become a particularly significant problem. The first extensive study of this phenomenon was conducted in Sweden under the leadership of Heinz Leymann, who also defined mobbing as psychological terror in the workplace, which refers to unethical and hostile communication by one and / or more persons to the most commonly one person who becomes helpless and unable Defense. Such activities take place at least once a week for at least six months leading to mental and social disorders. It is believed that this problem is on the rise in almost all countries of the European Union and the world, and for this reason laws are being adopted addressing the issue of mobbing both at the national and European Union levels. In addition, numerous associations have been set up worldwide to prevent workplace abuse.
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Birnbaum, Pierre. "Universal Suffrage, the Vanguard Party and Mobilization in Marxism." Government and Opposition 20, no. 1 (January 1, 1985): 53–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-7053.1985.tb01068.x.
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THERE ARE ONLY A FEW PASSAGES IN MARX AND ENGELS dealing with the relation they established between party, class and elections. After showing that the proletariat formed a well-defined class by virtue of its place in the relations of production, Marx and Engels emphasized that the workers had been able to overcome their isolation in order to organize themselves. To cease being simply a mass, atomized by competition, they formed an association to strengthen their ‘union’ and make possible their mobilization. Profiting from the use of the means of communication, the workers became conscious of their common interests: ‘the result was the organization of the proletariat into a class and then into a political party’. It was the whole class that transformed itsef into a political party: no division took place. Rejecting the Blanquist conceptions of elitist parties, Marx and Engels added that ‘all previous historical movements were movements of minorities, or in the interests of minorities. The proletarian movement is the self-conscious, independent movement of the immense majority, in the interests of the immense majority’.
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Christian, Sauti. "Behavioural actions of shop-floor employees towards occupational health and safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions: A case of the agriculture Industry in Zimbabwe." Socioloski pregled 54, no. 3 (2020): 888–919. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/socpreg54-27652.
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COVID-19 pandemic has brought massive suffering to many workers globally. It has disrupted the normalcy and socio-economic fabric in many societies and has redefined the nature of the world of work. Several restrictions and measures to mitigate the spread and implications of Coronavirus have been put in place through government and individual employer efforts. These include the compulsory use of masks, body temperature tests, avoidance of unnecessary movement and maintenance of social/physical distancing among other occupational health and safety practices. Based on the findings from two selected timber sector organisations in Zimbabwe, employees have non-congruent behavioural actions to conform and adhere to the OHS measures for COVID-19. The management believes that shop-floor employees are not scared of the pandemic; they think that the virus is an illusion. Employees resist respecting social/physical distancing due to their cultural beliefs and value; some are even stealing hand sanitisers for other uses rather than the prevention of COVID-19. The study recommends effective training, awareness campaigns and effective communication for culture change and to help workers appreciate that COVID-19 is very deadly and is a reality. Taking disciplinary action for non-compliance of shop-floor employees has created negative perceptions and led to counterproductive behaviours among workers towards efforts to manage and control the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. Trade unions and worker committees have a role to play in enhancing communication and advancing workers interests for improvement of decent working conditions in the face of Coronavirus. The state and employers should ensure respect for fundamental rights of the precariats who are soldering on in the pandemic context.
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McDonald, Christopher. "Western Union's Failed Reinvention: The Role of Momentum in Resisting Strategic Change, 1965–1993." Business History Review 86, no. 3 (2012): 527–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007680512000803.
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The current scholarly consensus argues that business failure results from the misalignment of a company's strategy and its environment. The case of Western Union, however, suggests that a third element—momentum—is also part of the explanation for companies' failures. The weight of historically accumulated systems, skills, and workers constrains the speed with which managers can adapt their strategy to the environment. Momentum stood in the way of Western Union's attempt to place itself at the center of the growing world of computer communications systems.
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Aytac, Prof Dr Serpil, and M. Sc Gizem Akalp. "The Attribution Theory Of As a Psycho-Social Approach to the Perception of Occupational Health and Safety: A Focus Group Study Among Women Workers in Metal Industry." European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies 5, no. 1 (May 19, 2017): 355. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejms.v5i1.p355-362.
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Nowadays, women involved in working life with the industrial revolution provide their labor as much as men and are affected by the risk factors in the workplace as much as men. Women are more affected by the psycho-social risk factors because of gender roles and they are also more affect society because of important central role in the family. Psycho-social risks that is one of the occupational health and safety risk factors affect employee attitude and performance to work at least as much as the other risk factors. In this study, researchers aim that reveal awareness’s about psychosocial risk factors in their workplace in metal industries in Turkey. In addition, negative attitudes of workers about occupational health and safety practices will be examined with attribution theories in social psychology. In this study, we used qualitative method. Data were collected with focus group study at eight different groups in two different days from woman member of Turkish Metal Union in Bursa city in Turkey. Totally 155 employees participated in the focus groups study. Job satisfaction, job stress, wellness, the relationship with coworkers and managers were evaluated in this study. This study was supported and funded (Project USIP (İ) 2014/7) by the Scientific Research Projects Commission of Uludag University cooperated with Turkish Metal Union. According to the obtained results, work stress emerges as an important psychosocial risk factor. In addition to, stress and lack of communication are important factors causing job dissatisfaction.
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Stoichyk, T. "Requirements to the labor market to the competences of specialists in foreign countries." Fundamental and applied researches in practice of leading scientific schools 28, no. 4 (September 1, 2018): 140–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.33531/farplss.2018.4.26.
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In the article the author examines the influence of the management of training of professional staff on the quality of vocational training in the countries of the European Union (hereinafter - the EU). It has been determined that the effectiveness of the management of the institution of vocational education (hereinafter ZPO) depends on the adequacy of the management structure for those processes that are taking place in society. The functions of the labor market in the information, intermediary, consulting, pricing, stimulating, reserve, improving and regulating aspects are considered. The importance of a competent approach in modern vocational education is emphasized, which facilitates the transition from orientation towards reproduction of knowledge to its practical application; on such a concept as professional development. Examples of professional training of future skilled workers in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom are provided. The author outlines the general-didactic and specific principles of professional training. Among the peculiarities of the development of vocational education in foreign countries the development of communicative technologies is identified, the goals of communication and informatization development are determined. Information and communication products and services are considered necessary for the life of society. The main driving force behind the changes taking place in the business environment is human apital, its knowledge, skills, motivation, readiness for change, and innovative thinking. The conclusion is made about rethinking the role of training and personnel development processes to ensure sustainable development of the enterprise. In particular, the author considers the worker as a "training client", which has its own needs, preferences, and its vision of what is happening.
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Akter, L., MJ Hoque, MA Kashem, and TD Nath. "Awareness of fishermen for managing fish sanctuary in some selected areas of Jamalpur District in Bangladesh." Progressive Agriculture 27, no. 3 (December 28, 2016): 339–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/pa.v27i3.30829.
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The purposes of the study were to determine the extent of awareness of the fishermen in managing fish sanctuary and to find out the relationships between the extent of awareness of the fishermen and their selected characteristics. Data were collected from 90 purposively selected fishermen (out of 105) from Ghosherpara Union of Melandah Upazila Under Jamalpur District. A pre-tested and structured interview schedule was used to collect data from the fishermen during the period of 19 March to 30 March, 2013. The findings indicated that majority of the respondents (74.5 percent) had medium awareness and 25.5 percent having high awareness. Out of ten selected characteristics, the fishermens age, level of education, fish culture experience, communication exposure and agricultural knowledge on fish sanctuary showed significant positive relationships with their extent of awareness in managing fish sanctuary. On the other hand, household size, farm size, annual family income, training exposure and credit received had no significant relationships with their extent of awareness in managing fish sanctuary. So, to increase awareness of the fishermen in managing sanctuary, proper guidance and strengthening fisheries extension service should be done by fisheries extension workers/ upazila fisheries officer through arranging different activities including training, field visit or using different communication media etc.Progressive Agriculture 27 (3): 339-345, 2016
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Phommahaxay, Soudalay, Peerasit Kamnuansipla, John Draper, Phouthakkannha Nantharath, and Eungoo Kang. "Preparedness of Lao People’s Democratic Republic to Implement ASEAN Common Visa (ACV)." Research in World Economy 10, no. 3 (December 18, 2019): 419. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/rwe.v10n3p419.
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The concept and practice of free migration has long existed, but the modern border pass and common visa have only been used since the establishment of the Schengen Agreement of the European Union in 1995. Since its establishment, the Schengen Visa has been an extraordinary example of the success of a borderless region and led to vibrant in growth and social development. ASEAN, as a new economic community that tries to set itself as a beneficiary of the lessons learned from the European Union, has been struggling in establishing its own common visa region. The reasons encompass economic, political, and social-cultural concerns. This study focuses specifically on the Lao PDR and it aims to assess the preparedness of the country if the region were to establish the common visa system. The study employs a qualitative approach and collects data via an interview questionnaire. Research data are collected from interviews of six high-ranking government officials. Using the theme generating and data coding approach in ATLAS, a qualitative data analysis program, this study found that the preparedness of the Lao PDR in implementing the ASEAN Common Visa (ACV) spans nine key factors: (1) geographical location, (2) visa policy, (3) immigration control, (4) quota of foreign workers in the private sector, (5) information and communications technology (ICT) in connectivity development, (6) electronic systems in the consular sector, (7) infrastructure, (8) population mobility, and (9) attitudes towards the ACV. After categorizing these factors based on economic, political, and social-cultural dimensions, it was found that population mobility is a common concern among the three dimensions. This suggests that the Lao PDR needs to focus on improvements in border management, synchronization of information and communication technology, infrastructure, and human resources development among the relevant sectors.
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Fan, Hanbing, Yiming Dong, Dezhuang Hu, and Lianfa Luo. "Do labour unions mitigate labour conflicts in China’s manufacturing firms?" International Journal of Conflict Management 29, no. 4 (August 13, 2018): 470–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijcma-09-2017-0116.
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Purpose This paper aims to examine whether labour unions influence labour conflicts and this mechanism is different in China compared with other countries. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses the data from the China Employer–Employee Survey that interviewed 1,208 firms and 10,087 workers in 2016 as the measurement of variables, and it uses Logit regression model to do the empirical research. Findings Unions cannot significantly influence labour conflicts. More active unions and unions whose leaders are appointed by the firms’ management are associated with a higher incidence of labour conflicts. Originality/value This paper finds a new mechanism that explains the relationship between unions and labour conflicts. The existing literature states that unions may increase labour conflicts via “monopoly power” and may also mitigate labour conflicts via “voice mechanisms”. This paper’s findings show that the positive correlation between unions and labour conflicts may be explained by the lack of “voice mechanism” rather than “monopoly power”. The findings imply that labour unions should represent the interest of workers to mitigate the increasing labour conflicts.
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Mosco, Vincent. "The labouring of the public service principle: union convergence and worker movements in the North American communication industries." info 9, no. 2/3 (March 20, 2007): 57–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14636690710734661.
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Chipaike, Ronald, and Eugenia Marufu. "Chinese Construction Companies and the Question of Labour Rights in Zimbabwe." Journal of Asian and African Studies 55, no. 8 (April 17, 2020): 1163–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021909620912777.
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This paper focuses on the question of labour rights in Chinese construction companies in Zimbabwe. Utilizing data collected from two companies through interviews with mainly artisans, the study established general discontentment with conditions of work in these companies by local workers. Concerns were raised over lack of adequate protective equipment/clothing, low salaries and poor communication systems among others. The government of Zimbabwe was urged (by respondents) to monitor the operations of Chinese companies in the sector and ensure that they follow the law in letter and spirit. The study established that Chinese business people exploit opportunities presented by high rates of unemployment in the country as well as Zimbabwe’s desperation as an internationally isolated state to their advantage. In such a situation, trade unions become the gap filler to improve the workers’ plight although the absence of total state support for them leaves workers exposed.
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Fuchs, Christian. "Engels@200: Friedrich Engels and Digital Capitalism. How Relevant Are Engels’s Works 200 Years After His Birth?" tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society 19, no. 1 (November 27, 2020): 15–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.31269/triplec.v19i1.1228.
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This paper takes Friedrich Engels 200th birthday on 28 November 2020 as occasion to ask: How relevant are Friedrich Engels’s works in the age of digital capitalism? It shows that Engels class-struggle oriented theory can and should inform 21st century social science and digital social research.
Based on a reading of Engels’s works, the article discusses how to think of scientific socialism as critical social science today, presents a critique of computational social science as digital positivism, engages with foundations of digital labour analysis, the analysis of the international division of digital labour, updates Engels’s Condition of the Working Class in England in the age of digital capitalism, analyses the role of trade unions and digital class struggles in digital age, analyses the social murder of workers in the COVID-19 crisis, engages with platform co-operatives, digital commons projects and public service Internet platforms are concrete digital utopias that point beyond digital capital(ism). Engels’s analysis is updated for critically analysing the digital conditions of the working class today, including the digital labour of hardware assemblers at Foxconn and Pegatron, the digital labour aristocracy of software engineers at Google, online freelance workers, platform workers at capitalist platform corporations such as Uber, Deliveroo, Fiverr, Upwork, or Freelancer, and the digital labour of Facebook users. Engels’s 200th birthday reminds us of the class character of digital capitalism and that we need critical digital social science as a new form of scientific socialism.
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Silva, Leonardo Mello e., Elísio Estanque, and Hermes Augusto Costa. "Presentation to the Dossier: political repertoires in transnational labor struggles and new forms of global labor governance." Tempo Social 33, no. 2 (August 16, 2021): 05–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/0103-2070.ts.2021.186450.
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Despite the concerns about wages and the increase in the quality of life of the working classhaving acquired a historical centrality in the struggle repertoires designed at national level, theambition of internationalist solidarity and the emancipation of the forms of collective organization of workers has always been an end in yourself. In the light of current times, it is an ambitionthat can be witnessed in the way that the trends of globalization and contemporary neoliberalismdemand adequate and organized responses, sharing experiences, contributions to new formsof global governance, more just and dignified. And also new learning outcomes for the classicprotagonists of the world of work. By gathering contributions from international experts on theworld of work, from different national contexts and disciplinary affiliations, this dossier fulfillsthis purpose of critical debate, supported by concrete experiences. Here the reader can findcontributions on regional solidarity and union networks, political regulation processes, globaleconomic planning, climate transition, forms of transnational labor organization, informal work,North and South relations, work in the platform economy or digital communication processes.
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Egilman, David, Tess Bird, and Remi Wilson. "Use of Anti-Warnings to Falsely Reassure Downstream Users: An Asbestos Example." NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 28, no. 3 (August 20, 2018): 515–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1048291118794198.
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Product warnings are theoretically designed to reduce injuries associated with occupational, environmental, or consumer product exposures. Unfortunately, in an effort to protect sales, some companies have produced media and information to falsely reassure their customers about the risks associated with their products. These tactics have been termed “anti-warnings.” We reviewed corporate documents uncovered in litigation alongside other historical publications to ascertain the types of anti-warnings used by Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) regarding their asbestos products. Our review finds that UCC went to great lengths to confuse their customers and make their particular asbestos product—which contained short-fiber, chrysotile asbestos—look safe. We discuss three primary communications methods UCC used: industry-produced publications, sales force direct communication with customers, and public speeches. These examples provide further insight into how corporations encourage uncertainty about the risks associated with their products. Understanding anti-warning methods is critical for the implementation of future policies that protect consumer, worker, and environmental health.
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Koulaouzidou, Elisabeth A., Christina Tsitsimpikou, Alexandros K. Nikolaidis, Christina Karanasiou, Eleni Foufa, and Konstantinos Tsarouhas. "Safe use of chemicals and risk communication among dentists and dental students in Greece." Toxicology and Industrial Health 36, no. 6 (June 2020): 427–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0748233720933062.
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Use of chemicals, most often classified for intrinsic hazards, is rather common among dentists. To date, no data have been recorded in the European Union (EU) on dentists’ awareness regarding the safe use of chemicals. In the EU regulatory framework, two Regulations with wide applications, namely Regulations (EC) 1907/2006 (REACH) and 1272/2008 (CLP), have been introduced to protect human health and the environment and clearly communicate hazards posed by chemicals to workers and consumers. The aim of this study was to assess the extent of comprehension of hazard communication of chemicals among Greek dentists. For this, a closed-ended, anonymous and validated questionnaire was initially distributed to a total of 300 Greek dentists, both professionals and university students, over a period of 4 months. The collected data from 240 final responders were subjected to statistical analysis (frequencies, percentages, chi-square (χ2) and significance ( p < 0.05)). The vast majority (90%) of the interviewed dentists are not aware of the CLP. Main sources of information regarding chemical hazard and safe use was the supplier through direct communication (90%), while some dentists also consulted the product labels (39%) and the material safety data sheets (54%). Regarding hazard communication, the perceived information from the pictograms is confusing to the vast majority of the dentists (86%), especially for systemic hazards (carcinogenicity and/or reproductive toxicity). In addition, 88% of the professional dentists have not noticed any changes in the labelling of chemical products, which also shows the low input of labels to hazard communication. On the other hand, 90% of the responders always utilize personal protective equipment (PPE), although it is not clear whether this PPE is adequate. In conclusion, rising awareness campaigns are needed, in collaboration with universities and dental care professional associations, to inform dentists about the safe use of chemicals not only to ensure protection of their own health but also to contribute to environmental sustainability.
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Zakharova, I. Y. "RESTORATION OF RAILWAY TRANSPORT IN KUBAN DURING THE POSTOCCUPATIONAL PERIOD OF 1943." Scientific bulletin of the Southern Institute of Management, no. 3 (September 30, 2017): 100–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.31775/2305-3100-2017-3-100-105.
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In article restoration of railway infrastructure after release of the territory of Krasnodar Krai from the German occupation is considered. The author determined scales of corruptings of a transport component, the reasons requiring the immediate organization of operations for restoration of railway transport are established. Exposures from the minutes of regional committee of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks), reports of the persons responsible for carrying out recovery work in which periods and the directions and actions for repair of railroad tracks, bridges, stations are marked are given in article; shortcomings are specified and the reasons of lowering of rates of operations are established. In article launch of the first trains in the territory of Krasnodar Krai, after release from the German invaders is chronologically considered. Importance and efficiency of reviewing of the questions connected to supplies of equipment and building materials, restoration of the Tikhoretsk locomotive-repair plant evacuated in Tbilisi is shown. The author showed heroic work of the population on restoration of railway communication in the territory of Kuban: in July, 1943 community work days in which families of railroad workers, collective farmers, citizens participated are organized. Dedicated work allowed branch to quit on the advanced boundaries on rates of restoration. In the documents provided in article difficult material living conditions in which there were railroad workers were marked. This problem was solved due to the brotherly help of the Transcaucasian federal republics (The Georgian SSR, the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Azerbaijani SSR). Deliveries of suits, linen, mittens, women’s and men’s shoes were realized.
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Towers, Anna M., Natalie Kishchuk, Marcel Sylvestre, Claudia Peters, and Chantal Bourgault. "A Qualitative Investigation of Organizational Issues in an Alcohol Awareness Program for Blue-Collar Workers." American Journal of Health Promotion 9, no. 1 (September 1994): 56–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.4278/0890-1171-9.1.56.
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Purpose. To explore sociopolitical and organizational issues in worksite alcohol health promotion. Few such programs are reported in the literature. Design. Qualitative data were gathered during the development and implementation phases of a program through focus groups, key informant interviews, and observations made by the research team. Settings and Subjects. One hundred and ninety-nine blue-collar workers from a private company (a group which was also involved in a randomized controlled trial) and 123 workers from four other organizations (nontrial groups) received the intervention. The nontrial groups were used to pilot-test the intervention and in a post-trial assessment. All companies were located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Intervention. Two worksite health promotion sessions on responsible drinking were given to small groups of workers. Measures. The reactions of workers, unions, and employers to the program and to the evaluation trial were observed. The viewpoints of key informants were solicited through semi-structured interviews. Analysis was accomplished through several cycles of memo writing. Results. Alcohol is a sensitive subject when discussed in worksite group settings. Our data suggest that there are alcohol problems in the workplace of which coworkers are clearly cognizant. In one setting the intervention led to the development of organizational rules regarding workers who reported to work inebriated, where this behavior had been previously tolerated. The sessions were better received when disease concepts were avoided. Evaluation research on alcohol requires particular care with confidentiality and ongoing communication with all stakeholders, especially unions. Conclusions. Worksite health promotion regarding alcohol is feasible. The complex process of negotiating, implementing, and evaluating a worksite alcohol health promotion program is discussed. More research on the sociopolitical aspects of such programs is needed.
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Chan, Ngai Keung. "Place-Making and Communication Practice: Everyday Precarity in a Night Market in Hong Kong." Space and Culture 21, no. 4 (November 10, 2017): 439–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1206331217741085.
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Drawing insights from the literature around cultural discourse theory, urban informality, and precarity, this article explores how a group of unlicensed hawkers in Hong Kong engage in a place-making process of precarity. Existing research on precarity has examined the structural change in the labor market in advanced economies and labor unions’ collective resistance. Few empirical studies, however, have explicated how informal workers experience precarity in their everyday life. To contribute to this literature, therefore, this study examines how hawkers in Hong Kong constitute their class identities and the meanings of place while facing legal and spatial ambiguities on a daily basis. While interlocutors articulate different class identities, they constitute themselves as precarious beings through spatial practice. Rather than engaging in collective resistance against precarity, hawkers develop culturally distinctive practices to adapt to the power structure in which they operate. This article highlights the dialectical relationship between spatial practice and precarity as contextualizing precarity in developing Asia.
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Dmitriev, Sergey S. "Digital Mobilization: New Mechanisms and Opportunities for Political Governance." Administrative Consulting, no. 2 (May 14, 2021): 18–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.22394/1726-1139-2021-2-18-25.
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The article examines the ways and methods of digital mobilization of citizens for protest marches in the cities of the Russian Federation (for example, the city of Pskov) on January 23 and 31, 2021. The research issue is the need to understand the system of digital mobilization — from campaigning to the transition to collective, public action.As part of the study, an expert interview was conducted among the organizers of rallies, the regional establishment, party workers, and trade union activists. The monitoring of protest groups in social networks (VKontakte, Telegram, Instagram) was also carried out for the tonality of information and the mechanisms for mobilizing citizens presented. They also used the method of observing the process of transition from digital mobilization to collective action and directly following the protest processions themselves.During the analysis, the author concludes that social media is a key channel of communication and consolidation of protest activity, with the social networks VKontakte and Telegram playing the main role in Russian political practice. In this connection, conclusions are drawn about the possibility of political management of protests using an information strategy aimed at stopping negative information labels and media occasions on VKontakte and Telegram, as well as developing an alternative protest agenda.
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Zakharova, Oksana. "THE CULTURAL COMPONENT OF DIPLOMATIC RECEPTIONS IN THE USSR (1941–1945)." Scientific Journal of Polonia University 42, no. 5 (February 12, 2021): 174–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.23856/4223.
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An important component of the foreign policy activity of state, public and political figures is participation in official government receptions that have informative and communicative functions. The repertoire policy of concert programs of diplomatic receptions built in such a way not only to inform about state priorities in the field of culture, but also to create a special socio-cultural environment conducive to constructive communication. The researcher analyzed the content of concert programs of government receptions, which organized during the visits to the Soviet Union by W. Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, I.B. Tito. The researcher describes a festive reception at the Reception House of the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs on Spiridonovka in Moscow on November 7, 1943, which organized in honor of the anniversary of the October Revolution, with the participation of the diplomatic corps, political and military elite, literary and art workers. Studying the Soviet diplomatic protocol during this period expands our knowledge not only in the field of the history of diplomatic relations, but also allows us to judge the peculiarities of the development of Soviet culture, its dependence on the tastes of the leaders and party ideology. The materials of the Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Federation (Fund 057 – “Protocol Department”) used as sources.
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Barysheva, Elena V. "‘Obligatory and Preliminary Review of All Broadcasts Plans and Scripts.’ Running Commentary and Broadcasts on Celebratory Demonstration as a Means of Shaping Soviet Values in 1920s-1930s." Herald of an archivist, no. 2 (2018): 406–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.28995/2073-0101-2018-2-406-422.
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This article studies radio broadcasts of celebratory demonstrations of workers in 1920-30s as a form of ideological influence on the public consciousness. Audio-culture, as a most wide-reaching and accessible form of mass media, had a significant impact on the audience from 1918 to 1920-30s. Radio played an important role in the solution of ideological tasks, rendering figurative and verbal influence on the masses in the Soviet Union. Explaining and spreading the changes that took place in the life and the politics of the nation, the radio created a unified space of communication. Running commentary as a communication had its rules and limitations, which had developed in the first decades of the Soviet power. Discourse stereotypes had in due course resulted in emergence of a ritualistic form of reporting similar to demonstrations and parades themselves. The genre developing, many clich?s and hackneyed phrase appeared that were to impress propaganda slogans and appeals on the listeners and to inspire emotions. Now these slogans were accessible to everyone, as reproducers were installed in the streets of cities and villages and pervaded communal flats. Event reporting intensified the emotional state of the audience, giving an impression of true popular enthusiasm. In radio reports from official festive events, message of the power inducing socio-political consolidation of the society was obvious. The research analyzes drafts of a radio program script on festive demonstration of November 7, 1939 stored in the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (Yu. K. Olesha fond). The writer’s notes indicate that the preliminary censorship and self-censorship did not allow for improvisation.